Topic: 18F to 18O (Read 5855 times)

Fluorine 18 decays to O 18 upon releasing a positron. I understand that Fluorine18 has 9electrons, 9 neutrons and 9 protons. Upon decaying it releases a proton? and an electron? gaining a neutron? I am making this assumption because Oxygen18 has 8 protons 8 electrons and 10 neutrons so in order for 18F to decay to 18O this must happen. Can someone please confirm this?

Positron is an electron of opposite charge, this is equivalent to saying a proton no?